Disclaimer: -in a robotic voice- I do not own the X-men just the words below and my OCs.
A/N: Well here it is 17 months later after I first published it. The final chapter of my first ever large and successful fanfic. Thank you to all who support Her Only Wish and Rose. I hope this lives up to an ending worthy of what I've created. Oh and I ask you to read with caution, especially you Shadow. The ending is, well you'll just have to see for yourself. Enjoy!
Before all she had wanted...
You alvays have a choice.
was to be accepted...
Trust goes both ways.
and loved.
Love ya too.
But now...
Mommy!
The silver cheetah's golden eyes flew open as she groggily took in her surrounding. Her arms and legs were bound by cuffs against a wall, her feet high above the floor.
Ugh, what happened? Where am I? Rose thought, her mind still felt heavy with fog as she tried to remember. Slowly, the feeling of a small, soft cloth on her tongue filled her mind and the figure of a blond stood over her. Emma? She knocked me out and brought me here? But why would she do that? I thought she was my friend. Was I right before? Is she just like that Red-head bitch? Damn it! I need to get out of here! Ouch.
The cheetah, who had tried to send vibrations out of her body and into her shackles, winced in pain and looked down at her bulging stomach where the pain had originated.
No, not now. Ow. Rose winced again. This is so bad timing. Oh Devil-horns, where are you? I can't do this on my own. Where are you? Logan!
~Her Only Wish~
"Rose, you awake?" asked Kitty as she knocked on her mentor's door.
"Keety, I don't zink ve should disturb Frau Rose. She's probably sleeping." Kurt cautioned his girlfriend as silence answered them from within the room. "See? She's asleep. Let's let her rest."
"Wait, Kurt." Kitty said, worry in her voice as she looked up at him with worried blue eyes. "I, like, think there's, like, something really wrong. Don't you, like, here it?"
"Hear vhat?" asked the elf, clearly confused as he leaned close to the door for a moment then leaned back shaking his head. "I don't hear... anyzzing."
"Exactly." the brunette nodded as she saw the realization she had felt hit him as well. "Usually, Peanut would be, like, barking his little head off right now. But there's, like, nothing."
"Somezzing's not right." Kurt announced darkly as she nodded again. Nightcrawler tried the door knob, it was unlocked and, with a last glance at Kitty who bit her lower lip nervously, pushed the door open.
Kitty instantly went to Peanut's side on the side of the doorway. The puppy looked liked he was sleeping except for the fact that, no matter how she tried, he just would not wake up.
"Kurt, I think Peanut's like, been drugged or something. He, like, won't wake up." she told him as looked over at him, worry all over his blue face as he stood over the bed after making sure the room was secure. Concerned, she stood up and started walking over to him. "What's wrong?"
"Frau Rose," he muttered, tears lining his eyes as Kitty reached the bed with a gasp, her hands going to her mouth as tears began to fill her own eyes. "She's... gone."
~Her Only Wish~
This is bad. Very bad. Rose thought as the baby kicked again. Easy with the kicking there, baby. You sure are impatient, you must get that from your dad. I wish there was someway I could contact them, but not with this blasted metal chip in my he...
The silver cheetah froze as her tuned assassin ears picked up a small noise from the opposite end of the room.
"Who's there?" she demanded as the noise became increasingly louder behind the wall. "Show yourself Emma! You damn bitch of a coward!"
"Now Rose, is that anyway," said a voice, that was not Emma's, it was lower and obviously male. It was also detestably familiar as Rose glared at an opening that was being made into the wall as an elderly man with white hair and red clothing entered the room with his usual sneer. "to treat an old friend?"
"Magneto." growled Rose menacingly.
"Well, it seems being around Wolverine for so long has left you as uncivilized as he is." noted Magneto casually.
"You don't know anything about him!" she retorted angrily.
"Well, not as much as I had thought apparently," he considered, noting her bulging stomach. "or I would have known he still had such a soft side after all the pain he's been through. You would think that his heart would be an impenetrable fortress, but that what makes him unpredictable and things interesting."
"Why are you here anyway? Where's Frost?" she asked, trying to be indifferent though what Magneto had said about Logan's painful past had disturbed her.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" the elder mutant chastised as Rose looked at him questioningly. He sighed and shook his head theatrically. "I thought I had taught you better than this. I'd thought you would be capable of recognizing your own home."
"My own, oh." Rose shook her head, the fog finally lifted from her mind she once again observed her surroundings. She hung on a metal wall bound by metal shackles in a metal room. "I'm in my old 'room'. You got Frost to bring me here, didn't you? But why? Why now? Wait, you want the baby, don't you? You sick, twisted old man!"
"Now, there's the old Rose. Clever as always." declared Magneto happily. "Yes, your baby is what I want."
"But why?" Rose demanded.
"You never were good at genetics." sighed the villain as she glared. "Think about it, a child created from the combination of your genes and wolverine's, two powerful mutants. He, or she, would be most powerful indeed."
"So you want our baby to become your puppet?" she exclaimed angrily as she strained at her restraints in vain. "How low can you get?"
"I think of it more as a learning experience." he told her, now only a few paces away from her. "After all, look at what happened when our dear friend Stryker lost control of his 'puppet' just as I, I will admit, lost control of you, my dear Rose. At first, I could not understand why this happened then I realized it was because you two were too old for proper molding."
"So you had me abducted and brought here knowing that I could go into labor any time?" Rose asked as she bit back another small gasp of pain. I need to lie down before these contractions become more frequent. I can't give birth hanging on a wall.
"My dear, it looks as if you are in...pain? Is it time already?" he inquired with realization.
"Uh, yeah. Yes it is. So could I please be let down?" she asked innocently.
"And how do I know I can trust you?" he challenged.
"I will. I really have no choice in the matter anyway." she noted as Magneto just continued to stare at her with a sneering leer on his face. "Come on! Just let me down. Ow."
"She needs to be let down, Magneto." came a familiar voice as Rose looked over Magneto's head with a glare. Emma Frost entered the room and glanced away guiltily as her eyes met Rose's, looking steadily at Magneto instead. "She's having contractions. She needs to lay down before she actually goes into the birthing process."
"So now you care?" demanded Rose with a scoff as Emma continued to stare at the elder mutant. "If you care so much then why did you spy on me and abduct me when you know I'm ready to go into labor at any moment? What's the reward? Money? A new car? A vacation to Hawaii? Look at me Emma! You tricked me, you tricked all of us. I thought you were our friend, my friend. What about Scott? Was that all a lie too?"
"No! That's not it!" Frost cried shaking her head as she placed her gloved hands on both sides of her head. "I love Scott. I do. I didn't want to hurt you, Rose. You're the first real friend I've ever had."
"Then why?" the silver cheetah asked, confused at Emma's reaction then understood as she notice her glance back at Magneto. "What does he have on you, Emma? What's he blackmailing you with?"
"I think that is quite enough of a reunion for now." interrupted the villain as he snapped his fingers; Rose's head slumped to her chest as her eyes glazed over. "You're going to be on your best behavior now aren't you, Rose?"
He snapped his fingers again, Rose lifted her head with cloudy eyes as though she were in a daze. "Yes, master."
~Her Only Wish~
"What do we do, Kurt?" asked Kitty frantically. "She could go into labor at any time! She could be, like, in labor right now. Oh, what do we do?"
"Calm down, Keety." Kurt told her as he grasped her shoulders making her look up at him. "Everyzzing's going to be alright, but first ve have to go tell Herr Logan and ze Professor. Zey'll know what to do. Alright?"
"Yeah, you're right." she replied quietly. "I just, like, hope she's, like, okay."
Kurt nodded in agreement as he let go of her shoulders and took her hand before porting them both to the training area outside where Logan taught. Right then it was a free period for the students to "study" or eat lunch. So the training area was fairly empty except for Rogue who sat under a tree reading a book with Remy next to her flipping a card in his hand. Logan was talking to Xavier by one of the bushes, sitting on a bench. The two adult mutants glanced up at Kurt and Kitty as they walked over to them. Their faces darkened as they noted their students gloomy faces.
"What's wrong elf? Half-pint?" asked Logan. "Did something happen to Rose?"
"Oh, Mr. Logan," Kitty whispered with tears in her eyes. "She's...she's gone."
"Gone? What the hell do ya mean she's gone? Frost was suppose to check on- Frost! Damn it!" Logan growled angrily as he jumped to his feet.
"Clam down my friend." Xavier said. "We need to think about this thoroughly without acting rashly or jumping to conclusions."
"But Professor, who, like, else could it be?" inquired Kitty. "She was the only one who wasn't in class or had a class."
"Ja, and I haven't seen Frau Frost since breakfast. Plus, she knew about Peanut." Kurt added.
"What happened to the mutt?" Wolverine asked.
"She, like, knocked him out with something." Kitty replied. "He, like, wouldn't wake up."
"Vhat do ve do Professor?" asked Kurt looking at Xavier who lowered his head in thought.
"It looks as though it was our friend Emma who took Rose." He said sadly as he lifted his head back up. "I can't find her anywhere in the mansion. I'll have to use Cerebro to locate them."
"But, Cerebro can only find Rose if she's using her powers right? That would mean she's in serious trouble if she's using her powers this late in her pregnancy, or is being forced to." said Rogue who had come over with Remy to see what all the commotion was about. "Is she going to be alright, Logan?"
"Suit up you four and go get Hank, Storm, and Scott. Oh, and half-pint," Logan ordered them as Kitty stared back at him curiously as she motioned for Kurt to go ahead. "go check on the mutt. He should be awake by now. If he's not, take him to Hank. He'll know what to do."
"Okay." Kitty nodded as she ran after Kurt.
"I hope she's alright. The baby too." muttered Rogue as she and Remy hurried after the two.
"Don't worry, cher. Rose is a tough woman." Gambit assured her. "They'll be alright."
"Do you think Magneto's behind this Chuck?" asked Wolverine glancing at the professor after watching the teens enter the mansion.
"I don't know, but I wouldn't put it past Eric to pull something like this." Charles said darkly.
"But why now? If Frost has been spying on us for him then he knows that Rose is ready to go into labor at any moment..." the wolverine stopped mid-sentence as realization hit him. "Wait, ya don't think..."
"Yes, I'm afraid so." confirmed Xavier with a heavy sigh. "He wants your baby to become another follower of his and, I think he's willing to sacrifice his former assassin as long as he acquires his new one."
"Goldilocks." murmured Logan.
~Her Only Wish~
"This isn't good, Magneto. She's going into shock." said a voice, but it was so far away.
Uh, what happened? Rose thought wearily as she opened her eyes, wait her eyes were open. Though it felt like she was staring through a wall of glass that she could not get past. Oh great, he's got me under his control again! Whoa!
Subconscious Rose lost her balance as everything around her began to shake. Oh no. My body's going into shock because of the baby, it's trying to protect it from intruders. But it's doing more harm than good. I can't use my powers this late in the game or I'll lose the baby, but I have no control over my body! What do I do?
"You seem to care a lot about Rose, but I thought you wanted to take revenge for your sister's death?" Magneto commented as Emma blanched.
What is he talking about? the cheetah wondered. Damn chip! I can't control my body at all! Devil-horns where are you?
As if answering her thoughts, a loud crashing sound came from outside the room.
"Well, it appears we have a guest." Magneto declared with a smirk as he heard a familiar growl and more crashing. "Wolverine is a fool if he thinks he can fight me alone."
"You're the fool." said a voice behind him as Rogue placed both of her bare hands on both sides of his face until he hit the floor unconscious. "For thinking he would be alone after you kidnaped Rose."
"Rose! Are you okay?" cried another voice, Kitty, who ran past Rogue to her mentor's side. "Rose, what's wrong? Can't you hear me?"
"She's in shock." Emma told her gently.
"What do we do?" asked the young mutant. "She won't even respond."
"I can help her, but I need your help as well, Kitty." Emma replied as the young mutant looked at her suspiciously. "You do want to help your mentor, don't you?"
"Well yeah, but," Kitty said uncertainly. "I don't know..."
"Don't listen to her, half-pint." commanded Logan who entered the room, his claws unsheathed. "She's lyin'"
"No, I'm not." retorted Emma, turning to face him. "I want to help Rose."
"If ya care so much then why did ya kidnap her for Magneto?" he demanded as Frost looked away. "What does he have on ya?"
"He came to me saying," she sighed and looked back at him with sad, pained eyes. "I could avenge my sister's death."
"Yer sister?" repeated Logan. "Who was yer sister?"
"She was-" Emma began, but was broke off by the sound of coughing as Rose began to cough blood from her mouth; Frost and Logan rushed to her side. Rose's eyes were no longer cloudy, but her body continued to shake so fiercely that she still had no control.
"What's, like, going on?" Kitty asked, terrified.
"Her shaking's getting worse." Emma said as she bore down on Logan across the table that Rose laid on. "Look, you need to trust me. I made a lot of dumb mistakes in my past, but now after meeting Rose and Scott I want to live an honest life. I'm sick of being someone else's puppet. So either trust me or lose your wife to be and child."
"Mr. Logan," Kitty said quietly as she looked up at him. "maybe we should listen to her."
"What do you say, Logan?" asked Emma as Rose coughed up more blood. "Do you want to lose your love and your child? Let me help!"
The wolverine said nothing for a long time as he looked at Rose, then he finally glanced up at Emma, "Alright."
A/N: And that's it! Don't kill me! I know it ends at a bad part, but I will make a sequel soon after working on a few of my other works. Hope you liked it! And look forward to plenty more of Rose. Read, review, don't kill me (lol), and show the love!